Teen Accused in Navi Mumbai Woman's Train Suicide

In Navi Mumbai, a 24-year-old saleswoman tragically ended her life by jumping from a moving local train on August 1. Vashi Government Railway Police have registered a suicide abetment case against a 17-year-old boy from Bihar. The deceased, identified as Priyanka Mithu Ram, was allegedly pressured into suicide by her lover, who refused marriage and sent threatening screenshots of her private images.

The complainant, Priyanka's brother Mahadev Ram Mithu, stated that the accused juvenile had promised marriage but later reneged, proposing a temple wedding only after a year. Following further distress, Priyanka sent a voice message to her mother stating her intent to end her life before her fatal jump. The juvenile accused has been placed in a shelter home pending further investigation, with efforts to recover deleted evidence from his mobile phone underway.